Panther chameleon sexing help

[lizardbug]

Hi!
This is my first post and my first chameleon I wasnwomdering if you guys could help me figure out if it is a boy or girl with the coloring I think girl

Thank you!
Liz

 

[MissSkittles]

Can you post some more pics with the tail out straight? When little it’s hard to go by coloring alone.

 

[lizardbug]

Here are some pics this morning just after lights turned on its skinny ive had it for a couple weeks now and it prefers to eat the little flies but I also offer mealworms in a cup and it will eat those sometimes

 

[nightanole]

Ah yes the inbetween age. My vote is a girl. I see no divot, it just tapers to tail. Boys at this age normally have a "dent".

Boy butt of a month older one.

 

[lizardbug]

Ah yes the inbetween age. My vote is a girl. I see no divot, it just tapers to tail. Boys at this age normally have a "dent".

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Boy butt of a month older one.

How old do you think she is? I was told she hatched in April

 

[nightanole]

How old do you think she is? I was told she hatched in April

Sounds about right. They go up for sale around 5 months old. most breeders will not even ship a 3 month old.

unfortunately you can sex them all most 100% right out of the egg. After the first month its reeeeeely hard to sex again until 6-7 months. Plenty of 5 month old slightly underweight males have tricked us into thinking they are girls.

 

[lizardbug]

Sounds about right. They go up for sale around 5 months old. most breeders will not even ship a 3 month old.

unfortunately you can sex them all most 100% right out of the egg. After the first month its reeeeeely hard to sex again until 6-7 months. Plenty of 5 month old slightly underweight males have tricked us into thinking they are girls.

Thank you so much! Would you say she/he is only slightly underweight? I've been trying everything with leaving the cham alone as much as possible.

 

[nightanole]

Thank you so much! Would you say she/he is only slightly underweight? I've been trying everything with leaving the cham alone as much as possible.

He/She is a bit underweight in my opinion. I go by the tail. If its got no centerline, its getting a bit fat, if you can can see more than one line or individual vertebrae, its too skinny.

At this age you cant over feed, so feel free to feed daily as much as they will eat in a session. Aka fill the feeder cup, once they start eating come back in 30-60min, there should be a few feeders left over, that means they got their fill. Then remove the left overs and use them to fill the cup the next day. If you have a front door to the cage, that is where i mount my feeder cup so im not putting my hand into the cage. That also helps reenforce "cage opening = foods" mentality.

 

[lizardbug]

He/She is a bit underweight in my opinion. I go by the tail. If its got no centerline, its getting a bit fat, if you can can see more than one line or individual vertebrae, its too skinny.

At this age you cant over feed, so feel free to feed daily as much as they will eat in a session. Aka fill the feeder cup, once they start eating come back in 30-60min, there should be a few feeders left over, that means they got their fill. Then remove the left overs and use them to fill the cup the next day. If you have a front door to the cage, that is where i mount my feeder cup so im not putting my hand into the cage. That also helps reenforce "cage opening = foods" mentality.

Thank you so much!